Monday 11 May 2015

Does it matter which citation tool is used to compare the h-index of a group of highly cited researchers?

Does it matter which citation tool is used to compare the h-index of a group of highly cited researchers?

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Farhadi, Hadi; Salehi, Hadi; Md Yunus, Melor; Aghaei Chadegani, Arezoo; Farhadi, Maryam; Fooladi, Masood; Ale Ebrahim, Nader

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Abstract h-index retrieved by citation
indexes (Scopus, Google scholar, and Web of Science) is used to measure
the scientific performance and the research impact studies based on the
number of publications and citations of a scientist. It also is easily
available and may be used for performance measures of scientists, and
for recruitment decisions. The aim of this study is to investigate the
difference between the outputs and results from these three citation
databases namely Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science based upon
the h-index of a group of highly cited researchers (Nobel Prize winner
scientist). The purposive sampling method was adopted to collect the
required data. The results showed that there is a significant difference
in the h-index between three citation indexes of Scopus, Google
scholar, and Web of Science; the Google scholar h-index was more than
the h-index in two other databases. It was also concluded that there is a
significant positive relationship between h-indices based on Google
scholar and Scopus. The citation indexes of Scopus, Google scholar, and
Web of Science may be useful for evaluating h-index of scientists but
they have some limitations as well.
Keywords female scientist; scientist; performance assessment; ranking; research; publication
Classification Scientometrics, Bibliometrics, Informetrics
Free Keywords h-index; Scopus; Google Scholar; Web of Science; Nobel Prize
Document language English
Publication Year 2013
Page/Pages p. 198-202
Journal Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 7 (2013) 4
ISSN 1991-8178
Status Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike


Does it matter which citation tool is used to compare the h-index of a group of highly cited researchers?

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